ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Dana Golden studies energy markets and electricity transmission. Host Heather Lynch and Golden, graduate research assistant in the Graduate School at Stony Brook University, speak about why Suffolk County electricity averages much higher than the national average and how prices are set through generators, transmission constraints, and utilities. Golden explains how data-center-driven load growth raises prices and strains reliability, and supports an “all of the above” mix including nuclear and emerging geothermal.
Learn more with:
- "Offshore Horizons: HVDC Wind Farms-Exploring Techno-Economic Dimensions" by D. Singh, D. Golden, et al.
- “Investment and the Transfer of Power: Dynamic Effects of Transmission in Electricity Markets.” by Dana Golden
- Hear Dana’s lecture on environmental and natural resources economics
- Breakneck by Dan Wang
Skip ahead to the chapter that interests you:
- 00:32 Why Does Suffolk Power Cost More
- 01:49 What Is HVDC
- 05:20 Where HVDC Is Used
- 07:45 Renewables Drive HVDC
- 12:44 Preventing Cascade Failures
- 15:50 ISOs and Market Design
- 20:54 Renewables Forecasting Risk
- 27:07 Do Data Centers Raise Prices
- 28:52 Nuclear and Energy Crisis
- 37:56 China vs US Building
- 42:48 Transmission Costs and Permitting
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Host: Heather Lynch
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